Cells phones Sports gets involved in fight against cancer

Cancer is like playing a game? Cancer Research UK Cancer charity while playing ordinary people can analyze the data to develop a game in which a UK based software has announced a partnership with the agency. Sports scientists to identify their causes will help new cancer hope.

required upon terabytes petabytes of data. "

To analyze data - Cancer Research UK to develop a game called guerrilla tea GeneGame of working with a company - rather than a human eye by being looked at by a machine is necessary. Thousands of data on the ability of the eyes immediately instead of implementing it can be done in many years means.

At the same time, creating strong scientific data analysis. "

Breast Cancer Cells
Cancer cells by the human eye by better machine than can be analyzed. Source: Cancer Research UK.
GeneGame will be released in the UK later this year, but added that the charity is not the first initiative. SliderTM cell is called first, in October 2012 and went straight to classify the samples breast cancer public uses. Initiative to help scientists understand the treatment's risks and responses.

Cancer Research UK said Dr. Joanna Reynolds, past and is excited about the future: "In only 3 months, usually for citizen scientists will take 18 months, our scientists and promising early indicators of accuracyplay an important role in the development of cancer treatment will - ultimately save lives. "



GeneGame development, called guerrilla GameJam tea was held in March 2013 in an incident that has been created by ideas. Solutions for data gathering analysis trying to create scientists and computer programmers got together.


GameJam party app developers ideas garnered.
was in his heart and we hope that this community will have all available sources, globally, to reach the broadest possible audience. "

GameJam for instance, computer programmers genes to look for genetic changes in the tumor setting up a large number of samples obtained by comparing helped identify causes or were lost. Poor cancer-causing genes that sees the technology - he "gene microarrays" by using it.

Rather than crushing the candy on our phone, we all cancers can be crushing.